diff --git a/pihole b/pihole
index ace0d9a9..199c0a68 100755
--- a/pihole
+++ b/pihole
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ piholeStatus() {
     else
       echo "::: Pi-hole blocking is Disabled";
     fi
-  elif [[ $(cat /etc/dnsmasq.d/01-pihole.conf | grep "addn-hosts=/") ]] ; then
+  elif [[ $(cat /etc/dnsmasq.d/01-pihole.conf | grep "^addn-hosts=/") ]] ; then
     #list set
     if [[ "${1}" == "web" ]] ; then
       echo 1;